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An illustrated compilation of stories retold from six continents in eight different storytelling traditions, including tales of Anansi and Brer Rabbit, selkies and fairies, pheasants, crocodiles, and turtles. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The pictures seem old-fashionedly casually offensive, too. Very stereotypical & simplified. And always *pretty.* The stories are *nice* - in both senses of the word. Even Disney didn't bowdlerize this much.
Maybe I'm over-reacting. Maybe it's ok that kids have these stories shared with them - it could be worse; they could have no stories read to them, no inkling of other cultures. I will keep reading. I just wish the author had addressed the concerns of authenticity.
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Ok done. Pirotta adapts even tales of known provenance, for example Andersen's The Princess and the Pea." I'm just so frustrated, as this could have been a wonderful collection. Some of the fables and little adventures are worth reading on their own merits - but this is an epic fail on any measure of cultural awareness. Sorry." ( )